hulse Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 my break calipers are looking a little worse for wear, i have only had the car 1 week but fell they let the appearance of the car down. the car is imported but i have beem told it has had a uk spec coversion done as they are very large. Im going to keep the supra logo on them prob in white. I have seen the stickers on ebay so just need to decide what colour to go for my car is a blue/green and the wheels are a magnesium colour please see photos. http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l95/hulse_2006/DSC00071.jpg many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamikaze Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Im going GOLD on mine (when the weather improves)-but my wheels are silver. Probably say Red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulse Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 i might go black with silver writing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
albundy68 Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 black or same colour as Bodywork. deffo not red, makes you look like a wanna be brembo owner! always makes me laugh when chavvy cars have their rear drums painted red/gold, - theyre drums! why on earth would you want to emphasize that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulse Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 yeh i think i will go black has anyone used hammerright to do theres and had any problems. Or what have you used and how ytou found it. anyone got any photos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 I've just painted my calipers black - used the 2 part Foliatec from Halfrauds. Seems decent enough, and easy to use. I also used a soft wire brush, copious amounts of brake cleaner (which also comes in the Foliatec pack, luckily), and some wire wool to get as much crap off as possible. I also had all my calipers apart on the workbench to do them which made things a hell of a lot easier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hulse Posted August 21, 2006 Author Share Posted August 21, 2006 you got any pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 i might go black with silver writing Good choice, exactly what I had done to my old calipers. Or have a think of other dark colours to match the car. Hadn't got the heart to paint my new ones, but to be honest they don't look as green as I thought they would and blend in nicely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 I'm looking at this too. Think I'll go a Dark Blue mix with Black for my Black TT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shilakadaddy Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 black or same colour as Bodywork. deffo not red, makes you look like a wanna be brembo owner! always makes me laugh when chavvy cars have their rear drums painted red/gold, - theyre drums! why on earth would you want to emphasize that! hummm... I was gonna paint mine red when I get some new wheels - thought it would look good on a black car, but see what you mean about the brembo wanna be... not so sure now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GazzaGSi Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 I have a black car with gold alloys and was unsure what colour to do them so went for black with white supra stickers. Looks nice IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 Im in the process of powder coating and refurbing a spare set of calipers that i have. Im thinking a nice gloss black to match the wheels Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlton Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 I will be painting my calipers soon, when doing the rears has anyone painted the drum part? just looking for ideas/pics of if this looks good or not. I will be painting mine white with black writing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markrzs Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 I've painted my UK's in black with silver "Supra" logo. I think they look good and not ott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twijesiri Posted August 21, 2006 Share Posted August 21, 2006 i would also say black or body colour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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